Facts:
- The Komodo dragon is related to dinosaurs
- Its ancestors is believed to to have roamed the earth more that 300 million years ago
- It can grow to a record length of 3.1m and weigh up to116kg
- Largest species of all living lizards
- Can eat up to 80% of its body weight in one meal
- The teeth, throat and jaw muscles are adapted to swallow huge chunks of meat quickly
- It replaces four to five sets of teeth within its lifespan over 50 years
- They eat their young
- Its is difficult to tell a Komodo dragon's gender and you have to take blood samples to find out
- Its saliva contains at least 200 different types of bacteria
- It flicks its tounge out constantly to 'smell' the air
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